LOS ANGELES, CA – FEBRUARY 12: (L-R) Reba McEntire, Warner Music Nashville’s President and CEO John Espositio, Blake Shelton, Brandon Blackstock and Kelly Clarkson attend Warner Music Group Grammy Celebration hosted by InStyle at Chateau Marmont on February 12, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Todd Williamson/Getty Images for InStyle )

Blake Shelton can add “ordained minister” to his ever-growing resume. Kelly Clarkson revealed to ET’s Nancy O’Dell backstage at the ACM Awards last Sunday that Blake will not only sing at her upcoming wedding to Blake’s manager, Brandon Blackstock (who is Reba McEntire’s stepson), he’ll perform the ceremony!

Kelly and Brandon’s wedding isn’t the only one Blake will be officiating. He’ll also marry Ashley Monroe and John Danks, pitcher for the Chicago White Sox. Kelly and Brandon announced their engagement last December and Ashley and John announced theirs last September. Continue Reading

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Jana & Brantley’s 2012 Christmas card. Photo courtesy of Twitter.com/kramergirl.

Congratulations to Brantley Gilbert & Jana Kramer, who are engaged! People magazine reports Brantley popped the question to Jana on Sunday, Jan. 20, his 28th birthday.

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“We could not be happier!” the couple told the magazine in a statement. “We are Continue Reading

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Kenny Chesney photo courtesy of Sony Music Nashville.

Kenny Chesney has teamed up with Music and Memory, a non-profit organization that brings personalized music players to seniors suffering from Alzheimer’s and dementia. Music has been found to be therapeutic for those suffering from the disease, leading to improved social engagement and quality of life.

As part of his partnership, Kenny recorded a PSA for the organization. Watch the PSA below to learn more about Music and Memory as well as how to help. Continue Reading

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Garth Brooks photo by Mark Tucker, courtesy of Pearl Records.

Nashville is still ground zero for country music, but a few of the genre’s biggest stars have headed to Las Vegas. Garth Brooks wrapped his three-year run of one man shows at Encore Theater in the Wynn in November. Wife Trisha Yearwood was on hand for the emotional final performance, which Garth later told the Las Vegas Sun wasn’t his greatest performance of all time.

“It wasn’t the best show over the three years because I was too emotional,” he said. “I was getting ready to go out there and kick some ass, and then Steve [Wynn] did an introduction, and I was toast after that.”

Garth’s final show lasted nearly two hours. He sang hits by some of his favorite artists as well as his own hits and was joined by Trisha for two duets and again as the curtain came down. Garth hopes to return to the Wynn to tape the show for a television special. Rumors are also flying that he will resume touring in 2014. Continue Reading

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Kelly Clarkson photo courtesy of kellyclarkson.com.

Congrats to Kelly Clarkson, who announced over the weekend on Twitter that she and Brandon Blackstock are engaged.

“I’M ENGAGED!!!!! I wanted y’all to know!!” Kelly tweeted December 15. “Happiest night of my life last night! I am so lucky and am with the greatest man ever ”

Kelly, who recently was nominated for CMA Female Vocalist of the Year and is a frequent duet partner of Reba McEntire, is marrying into quite the country music family. Brandon is Blake Shelton‘s Continue Reading

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LAS VEGAS, NV – DECEMBER 08: Singer/songwriter Tim McGraw (L) and singer Faith Hill perform during the opening weekend of their limited-engagement ‘Soul2Soul’ show at The Venetian on December 8, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The country music couple is scheduled to perform on 10 weekends through April 2013. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Getty Images)

Tim McGraw and Faith Hill are used to performing on stage with big production numbers. Their fans also expect lots of exciting sights and sounds from the pair. For those planning to see Tim and Faith in their Soul2Soul show at The Venetian in Las Vegas though, they’re in for a different kind of performance.

“It’s such an intimate setting,” Tim said. “I think that the main thing that we’re going to look at it is, as a chance to really connect with a small amount of people. Eighteen hundred people at one time in which… is a totally different thing than anything that we’re used to doing.”

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The new Soul2Soul show isn’t like any of the pair’s previous Soul2Soul tours either. “In the past, it’s been two songs together then Faith would do her show, then we’d do two songs together, then I would do my show and then we would do 2 or 3 songs together at the end,” Tim said. “So it’s been us together touring, but it’s also been our shows individually at the same time. That was really the focus of doing this, is this is really a chance to do something in a setting in one place, in a small, intimate setting that we could actually be onstage the entire time together.”

Soul2Soul opened in Las Vegas last weekend. The pair have nine more weekends scheduled at The Venetian through April.

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LAS VEGAS, NV – DECEMBER 08: Singer/songwriter Tim McGraw (L) and singer Faith Hill perform during the opening weekend of their limited-engagement ‘Soul2Soul’ show at The Venetian on December 8, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The country music couple is scheduled to perform on 10 weekends through April 2013. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Getty Images)

Tim McGraw and Faith Hill opened their intimate ‘Soul2Soul’ show at the Venetian in Las Vegas this weekend. The pair made good on their promise to deliver a ‘personal’ show, performing without over the top stage theatrics while putting their love for one another front and center, reports the Las Vegas Sun. The pair hugged, held hands and even kissed while onstage.

The couple entered the show separately at the back of the theater, singing while greeting fans as they made their way to the stage. Tim and Faith each performed their own hits separately but also came together to sing several songs including their hits “It’s Your Love” and “I Need You.” Continue Reading

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LAS VEGAS, NV – DECEMBER 01: Singer Shania Twain performs during the debut of her residency show ‘Shania: Still the One’ at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on December 1, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Getty Images)

Shania Twain began her Vegas residence of her “Shania: Still the One” show at the Colosseum in Caesars Palace on Saturday with a 100-minute set that included dancing violinists and cellists, a flying motorcycle and horses as well as a video screen comparable to IMAX, reports the Las Vegas Sun. The show also includes a backup trio that features her younger sister Carrie Ann, confetti, pumped-in fragrances and dancers.

“This has been a dream for eight years, including the two since we made the announcement,” Shania said after the show. “It all came together; I surprised myself. It was a big challenge. At one point, I thought I was taking on more than I could handle, but I stuck with it. I surprised myself and am so relieved and happy.” Continue Reading

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Country music stars sure love Twitter! This week, Ashley Monroe gets engaged, Hillary Scott shares her second grade class photo, Tim McGraw is too distracted by Faith Hill to watch football, Charlie Daniels marks one off the bucket list and Reba checks in from the set of her new sitcom. Here are our picks for the Top 10 Country Tweets Of The Week:

Photo courtesy of Twitter.com/ashleymonroe.

Ashley Monroe – AshleyMonroe: I said yes.. IM ENGAGED TO MY JOHN DANKS!!!! BEST NIGHT OF MY LIFE!!!!

Miranda Lambert – Miranda_Lambert: Hahaha someone just asked Blake If I was his daughter!!! Yes!!!!

Taylor Swift – TaylorSwift13: 1) Hanson covered ‘We Are Never Getting Back Together’. 2) I didn’t just watch the video of it 8 times in a row. 3) #2 might be a lie

Photo courtesy of Twitter.com/hillaryscottla.

Hillary Scott of Lady Antebellum – HillaryScottLA: This my 2nd grade school picture. Yes I put hearts around people who were my friends…don’t act like you didn’t! =) haha #flashbackSunday Continue Reading

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Tim McGraw photo courtesy of The GreenRoom.

Tim McGraw wrapped up his HomeFront program in Boston August 24-25, capping off a summer-long campaign awarding mortgage-free homes to veterans at each Brothers of the Sun Tour stop with the support of Chase, Operation Homefront and ACM Lifting Lives. At summer’s end, Tim was able to help 25 deserving families.

Tim has a long history of supporting the military and veterans. Through the program, Tim was not only able to award families and support our service men and women, he was also able to meet with each family and hear their stories as they walked with him to the stage at each show. Continue Reading

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